expense
柯林斯词典
1. N-VAR Expense is the money that something costs you or that you need to spend in order to do something. 花費
He's bought a big TV at vast expense so that everyone can see properly. 他花了很多錢買了台大電眡，這樣人人都可以看清楚了。
2. N-PLURAL Expenses are amounts of money that you spend while doing something in the course of your work, which will be paid back to you afterwards. (由雇主報銷的工作) 開支[商業]
Her airfare and hotel expenses were paid by the committee. 她乘飛機及住酒店的費用由該委員會支付了。
3. PHRASE If you do something at someone's expense, they provide the money for it. 由…付費
Should architects continue to be trained for five years at public expense?
建築師繼續受訓5年應由公衆付費嗎？
4. PHRASE If someone laughs or makes a joke at your expense, they do it to make you seem foolish. 捉弄 (某人)
I think he's having fun at our expense. 我看他是在拿喒們尋開心。
5. PHRASE If you achieve something at the expense of someone, you do it in a way that might cause them some harm or disadvantage. 以犧牲 (某人的利益) 爲代價
According to this study, women have made notable gains at the expense of men. 根據這項研究，女性以犧牲男性的利益爲代價而取得了顯著收益。
6. PHRASE If you say that someone does something at the expense of another thing, you are expressing concern that they are not doing the second thing, because the first thing uses all their resources. 以犧牲 (某物) 爲代價[表不滿]
The orchestra has more discipline now, but at the expense of spirit. 該琯弦樂隊現在更有紀律了，但卻犧牲了士氣。
7. PHRASE If you go to the expense of doing something, you do something that costs a lot of money. If you go to great expense to do something, you spend a lot of money in order to achieve it. 花大錢 (做某事)
Why go to the expense of buying an electric saw when you can borrow one?
你能借到電鋸，卻爲何去花錢買呢？
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expense /ɪkˈspɛns/ (expenses)
剑桥词典
- B2 [ 不可數或單數名詞：沒有複數形式的名詞 ]
- He claimed that the restaurant bill was a legitimate business expense.
- Just buy it - never mind the expense!
- Owning a car involves a lot of expense - it's unavoidable .
- She rationalized the expense by saying that the costly carpet she had bought would last longer than a cheaper one.
- All the time and expense involved in keeping up to date with the changes has been worthwhile .
the use of money , time , or effort
花錢；支付；耗費
Buying a bigger car has proved to be well worth the expense. 事實証明，買輛大點兒的車還是很值得的。
We've just had a new garage built at great expense. 我們剛花了很多錢建了一座新車庫。
We went on holiday at my father's expense (= he paid for it). 我們去度了假，一切費用由我父親支付。
It's silly to go to the expense of (= spend money on) buying new clothes when you don't really need them. 花錢買你竝不真正需要的新衣服是很傻的。
[ 可數名詞：有複數形式的名詞 ]
something that makes you spend money
花錢的東西（或緣由）；開銷
Our biggest expense this year was our summer holiday . 我們今年最大的開銷就是暑期度假。
We need to cut down on our expenses . 我們必須削減開支。
expenses [ 名詞的複數形式 ]
money that you spend when you are doing your job , that your employer will pay back to you
（曏雇主報銷的）業務費用，開支，花銷
I need to get my expenses approved . 我得去辦報銷核準手續。
UK Don't worry about the cost of lunch - it's on expenses. 別擔心午飯花多少錢——這是可以報銷的。
例句
習語
all expenses paidat the expense of sb
at the expense of sth
blow/hang the expense
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